"Don't Let Gran Die"

"A great-grandmother of 91 was last night being given fluids again after her family won a court order forcing doctors to keep her alive," Jenny Hope reported in the Daily Mail, October 8th 2003. "Former school matron Olive Nockels had gone more than 48 hours without water, food and antibiotics after doctors decided she had no quality of life."

Mrs..Nockels' grandson, Chris West, said he was convinced the hospital wanted his grandmother to die "so she does not take up bed space." Sadly, the High Court later decided she could be given strong painkillers again, though her grandson said she was not in pain, and she died two days later. There will be an inquest.